salv- root words — words with the salv- root

The root salv- comes from Latin salvus, meaning safe, unharmed. 24 words in Dendril are built from it, including safe, safely, safer, safest, safety, save, saved, saves, saving, safeguard, safeguards, salvation. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the salv- root

Explore words with salv- — words containing the salv- root and sharing its sense of "safe, unharmed". Examples include safe, safely, safer, safest, safety, save, saved, saves, saving, safeguard, safeguards, salvation. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The salv- root means safe, unharmed, from Latin salvus. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.